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formidable
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awe-inspiring in excellence; strikingly impressive
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ravage
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destroy violently; ruin
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profusion
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large supply; abundance
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sage
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wise
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adversary
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enemy; opponent
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stealth
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secret or sneaky action or behavior
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mast
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various kinds of nuts used as food for hogs
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rancor
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bitter hate; ill will
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adominably
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in an extremely unpleasant or disgusting manner
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ardor
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passion; enthusiasm
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tumult
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commotion; uproar; confusion
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This person told calypso that he must release odysseus
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hermes
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king of phaecions
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alsinuous
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the only thing that calypso gave odysseus
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a raft out of wood
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odysseus' father
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laertes
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how many gods are in the council
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12
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what modern day countries did odysseus and his rew land in
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turkey greece italy france africa
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what did circe turn the men into
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pigs.. animals
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illiad
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preguile of the odyssey
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long narrative poem
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epic
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storys that express ideas
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myths
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athena
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god of wisdom;always has grey eyes
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aoulos
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god of the winds
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god of metal worker
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hephaestus
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island where helios kept his cows
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trinika
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when the author uses senses to tell the story
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imagry
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host or guest
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xenios
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another name for troy
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ilian
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this literary is used when the author describes characters by actions dialog etc...
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indirect characterization
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when somthing happens in a story telling you that somthing bad is going to happen
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foreshadowing
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he was the leading suitor; meanest
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altinuouse
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city where the illiad took place
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troy
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the flower that made the men forget about home
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the lotus
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lived in the land of the dead
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teresious
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the story starts the story at...?
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calypso's island
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means scornful
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desdainful
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name of the swineherd
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eumaus
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repayment
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restitution
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father of zues
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cronos
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group of individuals lived on a island now called sicily
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cyclops
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odysseus' dog
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argos
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to seperate from skin
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flay
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face that launched a thousand ships
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helen
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when was there a breatch of hospitality
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when the cyclops ate the men
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bitter hate; ill will
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rancer
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example of heroic similie
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when they were comparing hermes to a gull in the book
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odysseus swore her to secrecy
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eurecula
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place of the climax in the story
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the great hall
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